Quote of the day
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
Eric Voegelin
Born: January 3, 1901
Died: January 19, 1985 (aged 84)
Bio: Eric Voegelin was a German-born American political philosopher. He was born in Cologne, and educated in political science at the University of Vienna, at which he became an associate professor of political science at the Faculty of Law.
Known for:
- New science of politics (1952)
- Science, politics, and gnosticism (1968)
- The collected works of Eric Voegelin
- Hitler and the Germans
- Published Essays